Man books dream holiday to Amazon, sleeps through the entire trip

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For most people the chance to explore the Amazon rainforest is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – a trip that’s years in the planning and which you cherish every moment of.

Not so Alex Elenes.

The Metro reports that the American traveller and his cousin, Roxy de la Rosa, visited Iquitos in Peru with his cousin earlier this year, and paid around £1,000 extra to extend their journey into the Amazon.

Once there, however, Elenes seemed far less concerned with the spectacular wilderness than he was with catching 40 winks.

Kip of a lifetime: Elenes in action (Photo: Roxy de la Rosa/Imgur)

“We went to the Amazon, cousin slept everywhere,” explained de la Rosa, alongside the photographic evidence, posted on Reddit.

And it doesn’t look like she was exaggerating. He dozed on boat trips, dolphin watching tours, and during a group excursion to see sloths and monkeys. They even missed a jungle hike because Elenes slept through his alarm.

River sleep: more dozy moments (Photo: Roxy de la Rosa/Imgur)

De la Rosa, from San Diego, told the Metro that Elenes had “pushed for us to go to the Amazon with him over Machu Picchu since he had already been there and wanted to see the jungle.”

She added: “He had no real reason to keep falling asleep; he also slept anytime we were in our room. He’s surprised anyone else thinks it’s funny besides us.

“My favourite thing is that his biggest fear is falling out of a moving car while sleeping, yet he was fine napping on a tiny boat in the giant Amazon river.”